Daughters of the Confederacy Fight For Captiol Quarters
In Austin Texas May 31 the Daughters of the Confederacy seek a state court injunction to keep their first floor capitol quarters against Superintendent Conley and the buildings department They contend entitlement via legislative act Judge Wilcox set next Thursday for a hearing The dispute echoes past battles over property rights touching state offices and potential Supreme Court action
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Charles A. Wilcox
Conley
State Insurance Commission
Daughters of the Republic
Alamo
Supreme Court
Daughters of the Confederacy
Burnett Faces No Opposition in Alabama Seventh District
Gadsden Alabama May 31 Special to The Item. Congressman John L Burnett may face no opposing candidate in his party as hopes of entrants fade. Several intended challengers quit or declined, leaving Burnett likely to return to Congress. Republicans remain split and no cross party alignment is seen.
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Gadsden
Ala
John L. Burnett
Burnett
Congress
Alabama
Contractors Accept Strikers Demands Ends Birmingham Strike
Thirty six Birmingham and Ensley contractors signed with the allied building trades and workers returned Saturday. The closed shop pact covers carpenters at 52.5 cents per hour, with carpenters winning all demands. Steel work to begin on city structures including two hotels, Ridgley apartments, Jefferson County Savings Bank, and twenty five one story buildings.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ensley
Allied Building Trades
Birmingham Building Contractors’ Association
Ridgley
Jefferson County Savings Bank
Fly slogan echoes old world wit and warning
A proverb contrasts modern pest control with a grandmotherly censure. It notes that killing a single fly invites a swarm and humorously frames it as a funeral for the deceiver. The line reflects folk wisdom and wordplay on pest management.
Man Fatally Stabbed by Co Worker in New York Office
Fifty envelope workers on the tenth floor of a West Twenty ninth Street building witnessed Conrad Braun, the Current Opinion circulation manager, stabbed twice in the back by Eber Carmichael who had concealed himself among magazines. Carmichael, who claimed to be Robert Baken, was disarmed by Frederic Knoch as Frderic watched. Police noted no clear motive beyond alleged recent drinking and irregular work.
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H. P. Wood
Braun
Eber Carmichael
Twenty-ninth Street
Current Literature Company
Robert Baken
Mr. Wood
Carmichael
William Dingwall
Mr. Braun
Mr. Knob
Minister Upholds Foreign Marriage at Noble Institute
In Anniston Alabama Rev Gardiner C T Tucker of Mobile delivered the baccalaureate address for Noble Institute praising international marriages and opposing suffrage propaganda. He cited American women as influential globally and noted many have joined European nobility while remaining loyal to the United States. The final exercises included music recitals and diplomas awarded by Dr J H Spearing.
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Anniston
Ala
Gardiner C. T Tucker
D. D
Mobile
Noble Institute
The
Episcopal Church
Alabama
Tucker
J. M. Spearing
Richmond Pearson Hobson
China
India
Japan
Persia
Turkey
Europe
England
France
Germany
Russia
Italy
Spain
Austria
Cavil
Joseph H. Spearing
C. A. Thompson
Sarah Keith
Louise Whatley
Ruby Nonnemacher
Loma Draper
Susie Harden
Julia V. Miller
Martha Street
Miss Whatley
Robert Hampson
Thompson
Selma Lock
Miriam Gagne
Helen Pope
Dr. Tucker
J. H. Spearing
Objections Rise Over Road Committee Plan
Washington May 1 In a Democratic caucus showdown next week opposition will mount to a proposed house committee on roads amid fears of a 20 to 50 million dollar pork barrel. Representative Dorsey W. Shackleford of Missouri is named for the chair. if he accepts, he may leave the Ways and Means Committee. Supporters aim to push a broad federal aid to roads bill in the next session with expected Republican cooperation from southern and western members.
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International News Service
Washington, D. C
House Committee On Roads
Democratic Caucus
Congress
Friends of
Fitzgerald
New York
Ways and Means Committee
Democratic Committee On Committees
Pork Barrel
Dorsey W. Shackleford
Missouri
Shackleford
Roads Committee
House
Man Ends Life Over Separation From Wife in Brooklyn
Edward Loach a 41 year old Brooklyn man killed himself using a penknife after a separation won by his wife Florence in Birmingham England. He left a note and photos of his wife and child found near him when reported by Barnett.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Florence
Birmingham
England
Edward Loach
Loach
Barnett
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